pudigon



@lattes tatrs ateat @Hire Letters Patent No. 77,319, dated April 28,1868.

IMPROVEMENT 1N GATHERING TURPENTINB.

@igt .dgehnle infant tu ia tlgsi 'titters prima ma uniting niet nf tigt'smite.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, A. PUDIGON, of Charleston, in the district ofCharleston, and State of South Carolina, have invented .new and usefulImprovements in Gathering Turpentine; and I dov hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable those skilled in the a-rt to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pine tree,with my improvements in place.

Figure 2 is a sectional View, through the line x x, g. 1, of theimprovements when in place.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates more particularly to the gathering of crudoturpentinefrom the pine tree, but may be employed for the collection ofall resinous gums of akindred character which exudefrom wounds in trees.

The invention consists'of a bucket or vessel, A, which is held incontact vwith the tree at the lower end of the sheet metal b 6,'and aspike, a, as shown. I

The gutter is simply a V-shaped strip of metal, with its front edgesturned up to direct the turpentine dowr to the angle, and thence on -tothe jar or bucket A, and its black edges sharp to drive into thesap-wood o the tree. The tree is then (or it may be done before)scariiicd through the cortical system or inner bark, which exposes thesap-wood, to exude the sap or turpentine, as shown at B.

'Heretot'oe it has' been the practice, in gathering turpentine, to cutcavities or boxes inthe sap-wood to tho depth of iive or six inches, atthe bottom of the blaze or scariication, and dip ont the turpentinecoliecting therein with iron dippers. 1This method is objectionableforseveral reasons.

Several f such boxes were required around the tree, which lessened thevitality ofthe latter, which diminished the formation of sap, and causedthe early decay ofthe tree.

Such trees were always liable to be blown down in high winds.

The loss of turpentine from the leaking of the'boxes, when improperlycut, and from the evaporation and drying et' the turpentine, when, fromyear to year, or as the season advanced, the scariiication was`extended, thus increasing the distance between' the point of exudationand the box, constitutes an objectionable feature of that inodeof'collecting the turpentine.

Again, the impossibility of dipping out the whole of the turpentinc withclippers, occasioned-some loss of the raw material.

The labor of cutting the boxes, which was performed with a heavy axe,was considerable, and required some skill to cut them properly.

The above objections I'obviatc by employing the V-shaped sheet-metalgutter above set forth, which is portable, cheap, and injures the treeto less extent than the old method above described.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-` The V-shapedsheet-metal gutter b, substantially as shown and described. v

' A. PUDIGON.

`w`Witnesses:

H. THORNTON Anson, P. FLYNN.

